Guillard: Florian doesn’t deserve to fight me
Kenny Florian recently made remarks cricitical of Melvin Guillard‘s stated desire for a title shot, amd suggested that Guillard should…
Kenny Florian recently made remarks cricitical of Melvin Guillard‘s stated desire for a title shot, amd suggested that Guillard should get a title shot by fighting him first. Guillard responds below.
“Look, Kenny’s had his chance a couple of times, you know. I like Kenny, I don’t really want to get into this whole argument about Kenny, but he’s had his shot twice. He’s had his chance. He had his time. He blew it. He didn’t make it. Obviously, he’s probably not meant to be a champion, but for some reason they put him up in the top 5.”
“Of course he’s calling me out now, I just knocked out Dunham who on paper was ranked higher than me. I felt [Florian] didn’t even deserve to fight Dunham. If it wasn’t me, somebody else should have had that shot before Kenny. Kenny’s had his shot over and over again.”
“Honestly, I’m the guy to beat. So at the end of the day, I’m going to fight who I think deserves to fight me. It’s no disrespect to Kenny, but he doesn’t have that “X” factor. He can’t break through that wall, that barrier, so I’d rather fight some other guys.”
“Truthfully, I would destroy Kenny Florian. I think Kenny Florian would be an easier fight than Evan Dunham. It could be stand-up, wrestling, whatever. Yeah, his jiu-jitsu is better than mine, but Evan Dunham’s was too. If guys can’t submit me, they can’t beat me. That was the only way I was losing fights in the beginning. So, if you ask me, he doesn’t have better striking, he doesn’t have better wrestling, he’s not even close in judo, so what other elements does he present that would be a problem for me? Nobody’s presenting problems as far as the jiu-jitsu anymore because I’m calm and I’m not making mistakes anymore, so I’m not worried about that.”
“Right now I’m looking past Kenny Florian. I want someone else, a tougher challenge. I got no injuries, my hands are okay, so I’ll take any fight. I don’t want to sit out for five or six months. I want to continue to make good paychecks and live, and I want to continue to fight and train right now.
“I’m not about those long layoffs. I worked my butt off for this camp and I’m already back in training. I came back to training Monday and I’ve been training the last two days, so I’m ready to fight whoever they put in front of me, I just don’t feel that Kenny Florian deserves the fight.”